Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

To be attached to a thing means that mind and the thing meet and grow into each other.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The awareness that you are here, right now, is the ultimate fact.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.